Monday 25 January 2010

The Chinese Outspend The Russians In French Boutiques In 2009 – 25/1/10


1. Chinese
2. Russian (the big spenders in 2008)
3. Japanese
4. USA

This is the new state of play for spending in France, according to a Global Refund study we read about in Reuters.

The survey revealed the Chinese were the big spenders at 155 million euros (AU $243 million); the Russians only spent 112 million euros (AU $176 million), and the Japanese were lagging behind at 99 million euros (AU $155 million). And US tourist spent a mere 64 million euros (AU $100 million).

Click here for more facts and figures from this interesting study.

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